The Northern Forest Center’s pilot project called “the Model Neighborhood” is inspiring of example of how wood is beneficial. The purpose of the project is to “move away from dependence on imported oil toward a local energy source that will create jobs and strengthen the forest economy [in the Northern Forest Region].”

The project is normalizing wood-pellet heating systems and illustrating some of the benefits of wood heating such as: lower-costs, reduced output of greenhouse gases, job creation, and the sustainable use of forests.